Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rent A Center, Inc., 5797 Houston Rd., MACON, GEORGIA 31216
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
A employee jumped and/or fell off a box truck and fractured his ankle.
An employee was walking to their truck to look for a lid. When they stepped between the truck and a dock plate, they sustained a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.
An employee was loading phosphoric acid onto a rail car and preparing to secure the rail car for transport. While repositioning the loadout spout to secure it back to the drip pan holster on the dock, the spout contacted the handrail of the rail car, causing the employee to lose balance. The employee stepped back and their right foot entered the opening for the rail car, causing him to twist/pivot on his left leg. The employee's lower left leg was fractured.
On November 14, 2023, an employee was receiving a delivery from a truck when some of the merchandise fell from the truck s lift and struck him. He then fell to the ground and his head struck the sidewalk, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 532310)
An employee was securing large tables that were leaning against the wall in a box truck when the tables fell toward the employee. The employee was pinned to the floor by the tables and sustained a broken right ankle, a contusion to the left ankle, and lacerations to their shins. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was getting into a van when he lost his grip and fell backward, striking his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed.
An employee was getting out of a work van when she tripped and fell, landing on her left shoulder/arm on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left arm fracture.
An employee was unloading laundry from a commercial washing machine when his right ring finger was caught in the washing machine door hinge. The employee sustained amputation of one-third of the finger.
An employee was lighting a propane deep fryer when they got burned. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns on their nose, lip, and right and left arms.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.